No. 25-7566October Term 2025Before Arguments
Hadarou Sare, Petitioner v. Christina Nikiforidou, et al.
from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Case status
- Current stage
- Before Arguments
- Latest event
- Accepted by the Court
- Decision timing
- No window until argument is scheduled.
- What it's about
from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Question presented
1. Whether dismissal of individual defendants for alleged failure of service is proper where evidence establishes valid service and defendants had actual notice of the action. 2. Whether a federal court may dismiss a pro se civil-rights complaint at the Rule 12(b)(6) stage by resolving disputed factual issues and denying discovery. 3. Whether a public university’s expulsion of a doctoral student and termination of fellowship without meaningful pre-deprivation process violates the Fourteenth Amendment under Goss v. Lopez and Mathews v. Eldridge. 4. Whether Eleventh Amendment immunity bars prospective declaratory and injunctive relief against state officials under Ex parte Young.
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit / Accepted by the Court
- Area
Supreme Court case awaiting argument
Timing
Expected by late June 2026, if argued this term
The Court granted review but has not yet scheduled oral argument. Once argued, the median case reaches a decision in 94 days. Nearly all cases are decided by the end of the term in which they are argued.
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Sep 1, 2026
- Method
- Methodology